Posted on 03/28/2015 11:18:47 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Despite what he wants you to think, Ted Cruz is not the great anti-politician of our time. In fact, he may be our most potent symbol of everything that is wrong with modern politics.
This would be hard to believe if you’ve been listening to him, of course. He desperately wants to be thought of as the one principled man in Washington—at least if your values hew closely to those of the Tea Party—but that posturing has alienated much of the party establishment. Ted Cruz attributes that development to them being “squishes,” while the rest of the world suspects it’s because Cruz is the kind of guy who goes around calling his co-workers names like “squishes.”
Of course, being a showboat is forgivable in American politics; if it wasn’t, Bill Clinton wouldn’t still be as popular as he is today. The bigger problem with Cruz is that the thematic basis for his showboating—that he won’t sell out like the rest of the Washington phonies—is a whole lot of bunk, like the rest of his campaign. After all, Googling ”Ted Cruz lies” pulls back an astonishing 7,890,000 results, and on Twitter, the two phrases are basically synonymous....
(Excerpt) Read more at salon.com ...
I don’t want to know what the writers at Salon like to sniff.
I apologize if my reply seeming offensive. I meant to agree with you, but it seems that I didn’t express myself well.
Ted Cruz, of course, is somewhat charismatic—and also has a bit of “Mr. Smith goes to Washington” in him.
It could also be the start of a “Stouthearted Men” trend. Others may be emboldened as they see no, the sky did not fall when Cruz dared ask for a laundry list of the eminently sensible.
Or, they could stand back and hoot.
Walker is probably going to go along, just my gut feeling. Might end up being the veep to Cruz. Others? Dunno.
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I just looked him up. Among other useless ventures, he was “Field Organizer” for Democrat Tom Wolf for about 3 months last year during Wolf's campaign for PA governor.
Great. Another “organizer” who has never worked a real job. No wonder Obama is his hero.
“...if it wasn’t... “
PhD candidate doesn’t know the proper syntax is ‘If it weren’t”?
What else does he not know?
“if my reply *seemed* offensive”
Ted Cruz doesn’t have A prayer—he has millions of ours.
Yet ANOTHER great Cruz day! Hearts are lightening all over the USA! Ted will be our de facto President before the primaries get here, at this rate!
Cruz's stands are readily explainable. (How To Respond To Anti-American Lies In An Election.) Those politicians who have allowed the media to intimidate them over certain issues, are largely worthless as leaders. But watch some of them appear to gain courage, as Cruz starts to gain momentum.
He has lots of prayers
Believe I’ll send both. Thanks for the tip.
CRUZ or Lose!
Better late than never. I am forced by the grace of God to see things on a heavenly level. It is the devil we are bound to fight, and even the most craven human in our view might (for all we know) turn from folly. It is not our job to damn the eternally unrepentant since we don’t even know who that is. It is our job to try to win as many souls as possible while it is still day.
What a good idea. Hey. Salon!! Leftists of America!! You’re NOT going to choose our candidate again!!
Every Cruz day is a great day. :)
A Harvard boy. Nice use the subjunctive mood.
Raymond Chandler. Farewell My Lovely
Oh no!!! (SHRIEK!!!) What if Cruz is sincere????? Nooooooooooo (said in my best Mr.Bill voice)
Cruz is handily apropos (in Spanish) of the Cross of Christ, which is the suffering He underwent for the sake of carrying away the sin of us sinners who did not deserve such favor in the least. But it made it possible for Him to carry sinners into His resurrection power.
Cruz is going to have a huge spiritual burden, again apropos of the name. He is willing. Are we willing to do our part, and carry the burden to God on our hearts in prayer?
Could it be a poetic upset is coming up? Cruz to victory, then “Walker” out of the now empty political tomb?
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